Old, Weird Tech: The Penguincubator, a Book Vending Machine – The Atlantic "In our discussions about the future of books, it is easy to focus on the production of the book as an object. Somehow when we talk about e-books, we end talking only about Gutenberg and printing, when the biggest changes are about brick-and-mortar stores and distribution." Alexis Madrigal responds…

Ruby Pseudo Wants a Word: ‘Keisha The Sket’ and other Facebook novels written and published online. "'Keisha The Sket' is a fictional account of a young girl from North London and her romantic escapades. Written in a colloquial dialect, 'Keisha The Sket' was orginally written and distributed via text message … 'Keisha The Sket' and similar tales have inspired a host of other people to write their own online novels using Facebook's Notes application. Here are a few of the more popular ones…" Thanks Prince and the Ruby crew.

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